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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12. 1SKM. No. 70. CALLS FOR PROBE Violence Flares Anew in Frisco Bay Strike Area J The Weather Forecast: fair but with occasional cloudiness tonight and Wednesday, i Cooler Wednesday. Hlgheot yesterday BU Lowest this mom I ns .... .18 x By PAW, MALLON. (Copyright. 1934. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. D. C, June 12. The $5,000,000,000 blanket expenae allowance which President Roosevelt la getting from congress is rather mild In compari son with the al lowance he origi nally tried to get. Only a few con gressmen know about the Incl dent and they are not telling. It happened In executive session of the house sub committee hear ings on approprl- Paul Mallon tlons. If you dig through the hun dreds of pages of those hearings, you will find ft few paragraphs they for. cot to cut out. These show that the original draft of the deflclency-rcllcf bill contained a provision authorizing the president to spend all the loose money In the treasury. The exact wording of the provision was: "Provided further, that any savings or unobligated balances In existing appropriations be transferred to the purposes of the federal emer gency relief act of 1933." The congressmens' eyes bulged when they read that part of the bill, handed to them by the executive branch of the government. Both Chairman Buchanan and Representee tlve Bacon exclaimed that such a provision would be virtually llmltlese. The president could take any money which congress had not specifically tied down and apend It almost as he wished under the broad authority of the 1033 relief act. They asked the witness, Relief Dl rector Harry Hopkins, whether that was the Intent. The record docs not show that the wise Mr. Hopkins ever answered. At any rate, the provision never saw the light of day. When the com mittee reported the bill, the language had been changed to read: "Provided further, that any savings or unobli gated balances of the reconstruction finance corporation" bo given to Mr. Roosevelt. That is a lot different from giving carte blanche to the whole treasury. The experience of congress with the AAA amendments was somewhat similar. Chairman Jones of the house agri culture committee waa so auspicious W them that he kept them bottled In his committee for months, although he ordinarily plays ball with the Wal-lace-Tugwell group as much as he reasonably can. The language of the amandmenta was ambiguous. Few congressmen can tell for sure what they meant. They were toned down considerably before the present drive was started to get them passed. Even now. Senator Byrd and others are contending that the amendments gave the Wallace-Tugwoll group too much power. These Incidents disclose the gen eral administration atrategy. It Is to h i v fit. get every possible authorization of power from congress before adjourn ment. The new dealers say they do not Intend to use half the power. They are unquestionably sincere about that. They have an Idea that they should be ready to meet any emer gency during the congressional re cess so congress will not have to be called back, no matter what happens. They recall, for Instance, that they had hard time finding the legal authority for the gold policy origi nally. They had to dig back Into an old statute for doubtful authority. I Thcy-did not want that to happen again. The high-minded statesmen who are giving their all to disarmament at Geneva have managed to conceal their real plight fairly well. They accomplish it by forever extending hope. You can get a better Idea of their situation from a terse resume of a single day (June 4) at the steering committee meeting. It is taken from detailed diplomatic reports reaching our officials and follows: The Russian Lltvlnoff proposes for getting disarmament and concentrat ing on security pacts. British Arthur Henderson brands the proposal Impossible and suggest concentration on getting Germany bark. French Minister Barthou Jumps up and says that 14 states have request ed that security be dominant, and how does Mr. Henderson propose to get Germany back? The American Davis says that even If 14 states are Interested In security, there, arc more Interested In disarma ment, and that the conference is not In the security business. Britain and Sweden rush to the assistance of Davis. Poland yawns and says that if se ruri'y Is not discussed the conference mlpht as well break up. Davis sug. te?:a that llrnclerson and league Sf.rrtary Avenol get together on what to do next. Henderson doubta t!'e ability of two persons getting to. ,-rt;icr and succest a larger com mute "vl'Mlne Frsnce. Italy and C " v.: ' (CouUUUeU OU Ptfc'6 SlXJ Rule of Military Command Unsuited to America Is Word Codes Stealthily Changed, Ruined, Claim WASHINGTON, June 12. (&) A new denunciation of NRA methods and 'codes, filed with President Room- velt by the Darrow review board, con tained a demand for searching In qulry Into alleged "arbitrary exercise of power" by Hugh a Johnson. Saying "the rule of the military commander Is totally unsuited to the genius, habits, traditions or psychol ogy of the American people, and wholly Ineffectual m meeting tne present national crisis the board found that the retail trade code had been In a "stealthy manner ruined' by NRA changes made after la was submitted by me industry. , At a press conference, Johnson labeled this charge "ridiculous." He said probably 50 per cent of the codes had to be changed before going to the president and that in every case the Industry had been informed. He had not yet read the report, he said, but would answer It as he did the first which created a sensational controversy on publication a month ago with Johnson's answer attached. The report, supposedly confidential until released by the president, was slipped out in advance so today Chairman Clarence Darrow gave out official copies. WASHINGTON, June 13. (AP) A second bristling report from the re. covery review board headed by Clar ence Darrow was disclosed today to hit at a reported "practice of surrep titiously altering" NRA codes after industry approval. In one Instance, the report asserted on important change was made In the big boot and shoe Industry code by "some unrevealed and mysterious agency." The board contended the change limiting the discounts made for cash payments fell "crushlngly on the small manufacturer." ( It demanded lmmedtate action to restore the code to "Its original and legitimate terms." (Continued on Page Four) E BILL UP TO F. R. WASHINGTON, June 12. (AP) A bill to continue bank depof.lt insur ance In liberalized form and to au thorize additional aid to depositors in closed banks was sent to the White House today by congress. Congressional action was completed when the senate adopted the con ference report on the bill. Among other things It will: Extend the temporary deposit in- surance law for another year cover ing deposits tip to (5,000 Instead of the present 2,500. Authorize the reconstruction fin ance corporation to purchase as well as lend on the assets of closed oanks from a fund available of about $1,- 000,000,000. I CREDITED WITH DEATH SALT LAKE CITT, June 12. (AP) The death of William Russell was at tributed today to the bite of a "black widow" spider. Russell, foreman of a mill at Bauer, Utah, died In a hospital here last week of what waa then believed to be blood poisoning. ' A postmortem examination and discovery of the spiders In Russell's home later led to the conclusion that the Insect bite had caused his death Parasite Opens War Here On Hated Codling Moths The Southern Oregon Experiment station received the first sir exprt-sa shipment to the Pacific coast, of an important larval parasite of the coa ling moth. This shipment was made from the government laboratory at Moorestown, New Jersey, on Prlday and arrived at the Medford alrpirt at 5 30 Sunday morning. It contained 1.000 parasites, most of which arrived in excellent condition. The parasites were liberated by L. G. Oentner, sta tion entomologist, in several orchard in the valley where It la hoped tha; tVy will eatahllah themselves M New York state from 10 to 20 p:r cent of the codling moth Aorrns have been found killed by the para Extortion Charged It 1 TSJJ Frank Sutton (above), 48-year aid mining engineer, was arrested In Los Angeles on a federal grand Jury Indictment In connection with an alleged extortion plot directed against Fred 6. Markham, financier of Altadena, Cal., who Is a son of a former president of the Illinois Central railroad. (Associated Press Photo) Tl TO BE UNDER SECRETARY WASHINGTON. June 12. ) By a decisive 16 to 2 vote, the senate ag riculture committee today approved the nomination of Rexford G. Tug well to be undersecretary of agricul ture. Only Chairman Smith (D.( S. C.) of the committee andSenator Hatfield, (R w. Va.) voted against promotion of Tugwell from the $7,500 a year post of assistant secretary to the new position paying $10,000. Supporters of Tugwell, one of Presi dent Roosevelt's chief advisors, pre dicted the senate would confirm him without difficulty. A vote may be ob tained tomorrow. Senator Thomas (D., Okla.) was the only one of the 19 committee mem bers absent. The vote or Senator McNary, the republican leader, was cast for Tug well by Senator Capper (R., Kas.) with the reservation that the Oregon senator could either support or op pose the nominee on the floor. SALEM. June 12 . (AP) Twenty thousand names have already been secured on the initiative petition for the 20 per cent tax limitation con atltutlonal amendment, and 20.000 more will be aecured before the dead line July 5, It was announced here today by Carl H. Cover, field man ager, who waa here today checking on the algnatures. The measure will be on the ballot because only 28.667 registered voters are required to sign by the deadline, Cover said. The proposal Is meeting with general approval, he added. The proposal, which will affect tax levies In all counties, would provide that all taxable property In Oregon shall be assessed at SO per cent of its true value. The present assess ments fluctuate and at the present time range from 4 to 60 per cent of the value. site In sprayed orchards and as high as 41 per cent in um prayed orchard.! The parasite is a black, four-winded, wasp-like Insect less than on fifth of an inch long. It lays Its ?w In codling moth eggs. The egg soon hatches and the grub enters the b.-xly of the young codling moth worm be fore It leaves its own eg. This d- not prevent the worm from leaving the egg and entering an apple or pe.ir The grub continues to f;d within the worm until both are full grown when the worm is finally killed and tne grub changes into another four winged parasite Codling moth worms which contain parasites grow o'.il one-fourth to one-th'rd as large those developing norm Hi y. IS GILL'S IDEAS ON TAX LEGISLATION State Leader for Abolition of Lower House Precinct Option for Liquor Control Higher Income Taxes ROSEBURG, Ore., June 12. (AP) With more than 1,000 delegates and visitors already in attendance, the 61st annual convention of the Ore gon State Orange was called to order here this morning. The opening of the convention followed conferences for home economics committees and county deputies, and degree work by the state officers. The convention was officially wel comed by Mayor J. E. McCllntock, and the response was made by the state master. The opening formali ties occupied the morning hours. The principal xeatures of the after noon session were the address by State Master Gill and a talk on farm cred its by E. M. Ehrhardt, president of the Federal Land bank. ROSEBURG, Ore., June 12. (AP) Advocating abolishment of the lower house of the Oregon state legisla ture, local option, by precincts in the control of Intoxicating liquor, impo sition of heavier taxes upon the wealthy to equalize wealth, and stress upon increased consumption rather than curtailment of farm products, State Grange Master Gill of Portland this afternoon addressed the 61st convention of the Oregon State Grange meeting in this city. t He also urged the Orange to take, more aggressive action with regard to cooperative marketing and sug gested amendments to the Initiative and referendum laws. Transportation, banking, tariff, tourist travel, old-age Insurance, state controlled gasoline prices, dairying and other subjects were touched upon In the annual message. Sentiment Growing "I find a growing sentiment, he declared, "in favor of the elimina tion of the house of representatives In our state legislature There Is much argument 4n favor of this plan. It would prevent passing the buck and would fix the responsibility for legislation. We would not think of having two boards of directors to conduct a private business, so why have two houses In the legislature? The economies possible would en able payment to senators of a decent salary such as would Induce more of (Continued on Page Three) DILLINGER TRAIL SPOKANE, June 12. (AP) A man described by Sheriff George Miles as "Stocky" Harris, a member of the DUllnger gang, apparently had slip ped through a dragnet of officers to day. The man and a woman companion, described as a "30-year old" blonde, the sheriff said, slept In a tourist camp here last night after arriving from Glasgow, Mont. Acting on information received from the Montana city. Sheriff Miles had every tourist camp In the city and nearby searched. The officers said a man answering Harris' descrlp tion and a woman left the camp In the city at 7:30 o'clock this morning. en route to Ephrata, wash. Officers In every central Washing ton county and adjacent Oregon counties were asked by Sheriff Miles to watch for the man and woman (By the Associated Press) Threats of a nation-wide steel strike had solidified today Into a con crete movement for ft walkout of the union contingent of the nation's quarter of a million raw metal work era. Demanding recognition the rlgh. to bargain ccillectlvely officials of the Amalgamted Association of Iron. Tin and Steel Workera completed plana for a meeting Thursday at which a formal strike call la expected to be Issued, unless Industry capitu lates. The Industrialists were represented as opposed to union -ecognltlon on the grounds that It Involved abroga tion of the "open shop principle." but agreed to a government proposal for ft three-man arbitration board. Pirn umnirnp OILLL YVUKfXLRd WALKOUT LOOMS New York Needy Get Milk Supply 8 Cents A Quart NEW YORK, June 12. (AP) The city, in the role of milk man to the needy, was swamped today with customers. Twenty-six milk stations in Manhattan and the Bronx alone sold thousands of quart at eight cents, five cents below the market price, and many applicants had to be turned away. The demand was greater today than yesterday. Eventually the city hopes to be able to supply all comers, as new sources of supply art arranged for. Each purchaser Is allowed two quarts. GROWTH OF CRIME CALL THIS MONTH It la the preacnt plan of the dis trict attorney's office to request the circuit court to call the grand Jury, the last of the month. By that time, It Is figured there will be a sufficient accumulation of criminal cases, to warrant the expense. The old grand jury, of which Floyd Ross of Central Point, was chairman, waa continued for the present circuit court term. Criminal cases now pending Include Pearl Webb, Bernlce Kennedy Rich ardson, and Jonathan Richardson, bound over to the grand Jury yester day by Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman, on a charge of larceny from the person. The trio are alleged to have stolen a purse containing 940 from Jesse Johnston, JackaonvllU miner, while he waa visiting a beer parlor on the North Paolflo highway The trio are also charged with opera ting their racket In Ashland and at other places here. They came here from Klamath county. J. Prank Stroud, of this city, charg ed with sale of liquor contrary to the Knox act, waived a preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the grand Jury under $500 bonds. Preliminary hearing of Henry n. Dynae and wife has been set for June 18. They are charged with sale of moonshine, possession of moonshine and the maintenance of a nuisance at 36 Cottage street. They are at lib erty on $1000 ball. E. L. Pitch and May Murray, charged with criminal libel for the alleged dis tribution of false and malicious pamphlets also await grand Jury ac. tion. Pitch Is In the county Jail In lieu of 1000 bonds. May Murray la at liberty In the same sum. Tho pamphlets, asaertcdly written by Earl H. Fehl, Imprisoned ex-offlclal. charg ed among other things that "much of the 85,000 expended In the ballot theft trials was used to "bribe witnesses and Juries and handle the courts." There are also several minor crim inal matters scheduled to come before the grand Jury. WASHINGTON. June 12. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed Into law the admlnlatratlon'a bill for regu lating air mall transportation. The president's signature climaxed months of Investigation and contro versy over the handling of air mall under this and former admlnlatra tlons. Among other thlnga the bill elimi nates Borne of the practices denounced by Postmaster General Jarley when he cancelled mall contracts of all pri vate air lines In the 'United States last January. It authorizes the postmaster general to award one-year contracts by com petitive bidding. F KIMBALL, Neb.. June 12. (AP) The body of Bonnie O'Dell, 7, of Tillamook, Ore., who died as the re- suit of an automobile accident caus ed by a pig. waa aent to Cheyenne, Wyo., today for burial. The girl waa riding with her mother. Mrs. Rowland Oardner, when the collision occurred Saturday six miles east of here. A Denver car occupied by Catherine Cauman and her slater ran Into ft pig which had wandered acrosa the road. The col Ilslon'Wlth the Oardner car followed Mrs. Oardner waa Injured but not erloualy. Her husband arrived Lere today from Oregon. Miss cauman ftlso was Injured. Luman Brothers Will Oocuov Corner Space With Gro cery Store Work Will Be Done by Elmer Childers Work started today by Elmer Chil ders, contractor, on the remodelling and rebuilding of the Deuel family business property at the comer of Main and Bartlett street. William and Charles Luman, as Luman Brothers, have signed a lease for the occupancy of the corner SO feet, where they will establish a food store, and enlarge their present busi ness. It Is planned to construct a mod ern store building, on the lower floor, with the second story left In shape for ' the addition when conditions warrant, Halbert S. Deuel said today. The contract for building, and the leases were signed yesterday by the Deuel family, and parties concerned The Improvements will be up-to-date throughout, and add to the ap pearance of lower Main street. The Deuel building, one of the city's oldest brick structures was swept by flames In the spring of 1029, when occupied by Russell's depart ment store. The Interior was gutted by the flames. Following the fire, the Deuel family considered the con struction of a modern office building. The depression of 1020 prevented ma terialization of the plans. No statement was made relative to the cost of tho new work, which is expected to be completed and ready for. occupancy within 30 days, ' i . BASEBALL National R. H. E. New York 13 in l Cincinnati 18 3 Fltzslmmons and Mancuso; Prey, Brennan, Vance, Stout and Lombardl. R. H. E. Brooklyn 0 IB 0 Plttaburgh 7 14 a Leonard, Smythe, Chagnon and Lo pez, Berres; Blrkoffer, Hoyt, French and Grace. R. ir. E. Philadelphia 8 7 0 Chicago 8 7 1 Darrow, Johnaon and Todd: Weav er, Joiner, Tinning and Hartnett. American It. H. E. Detroit 4 8 0 Boston 2 7 1 Bridges and Cochrane; Rhodes, Pennock and R. Ferrell, Chicago at Washington, Cleveland at Philadelphia, postponed; rain. St. Louis at New York called In first half of fifth; wet grounds. The score stood: New York 3, St. Louis 1. (Ruth's homer did not count In the averages). LeRoy Spencer, former Aahland aaraie emnlove, was sentenced to serve not to exceed two yeara In state prison, when ha appeared before Judge H. D. Norton today to answer to a charge of grand larceny. Spencer, a vouth of 10 years, decamped with an auto belonging to a California tourist, and waa arrested a few days later at Chehalls, Waah. Spencer waa in eharee of the garage at night. He entered ft pica of guilty, Junior Pageant Feature Of Rose Show Program PORTLAND, June 13. (AP) There would be no roses without buds, and toda' the Junior pageant waa the main attraction of the annual Port land Rose festival. The milling throngs continued to Hock In large numbers to the Port land parks to view long tiers of rosea roses from vines drastically pruned late In the winter lo keep thm"frora blooming too soon In the unusually early spring. Queen Beth, crowned last night be neath twinkling stars and In the pres. n;e of a record coronation crowd of 19.000, today continued her reign over tst mythical land W Roaarla. Refuses Sanity Test This man. who contends he Is Burt Armstrong but who has been Identified at Robert Lee Hammel by women claiming to be his wife and mother, refused to submit to a sanity test proposed by Mrs. Ella McLecd of Cincinnati, who claims he Is her son. The Jekyll and Hyde prisoner has been Indicted In Chi cago for embezzlement of $39,000 from a money truck, (Associated Press Photol BURLAP BAG TAX TO I WASHINGTON, Juno 12.(P) Son. ator Pope (D Idaho) was notified by the agricultural adjustment admlnis. tratlon today that the compensatory Jute tax on burlap bags used for wheat, potatoes, onions ond other farm produce, had been removed. Prew Savoy, of the AAA legal de. partment, waa quoted by tho aenator as saying the tax would apply to new ly manufactured or Imported burlap baga, but could not be removed from preacnt floor stocks. Pope Nevertheless plans to Intro duce a bill to amend the adjustment act to remove the tax from the atocks on hand. He said the amendment would have the aupport of the agri cultural administration. Pacific northwest senators and rep reacntatlvca havo been fighting for months to remove the levy on burlap bags used for farm produce, which Increased the price to the farmers about 2.25 centa each. In the Pacific northwest alone, where about 25,000, 000 new bags are used annually, tho tax was estimated to total approxi mately 600,000. In California, barley growers have estimated that the tax Increased their costs moro than 1,000.000 annually Although today's action exempt baga used by wheat, barley, pocato;a, onions and other similar farm pro duce, It did not entirely wipe out thJ levies. Whoro burlap bags are shown to be In direct competition with cot ton baga, or where the use of burlap has been Increased because of tho processing tax on cotton, the tax will remain. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 13 (UP) A new price list Including reductions of from flvo to 40 cents on many brands waa Instituted by the stato liquor board today. In a few Instan ces orlccs were upped 8 to 10 oents Chinese whisky and beer, Peruvian brandy and Greek wine were added to the stocks. ROSEBURO, Ore.. June 12. (AP) The Rosehurg school hand, wlnnera of first prize at the Medford Diamond Jubilee, will leave Roseburg Wcdnes. day afternoon to participate In Thura- day's parade at the Portland Rose festival. The band conalata of 77 Junior and senior high school stu denta. The band win be accompanied In the parade by the Umpqua Chiefs, ft local marching and hospitality club. A special train I to be provided from Roseburg Wednesday afternoon. and It la expected that aeveral hun dred realdenta of this city and sur rounding communities will take ad vantage of the excursion arrange ment. WASHINGTON CUTS PRICES ON LIQUOR GUNS AND CLUBS USED IN BATTLES T Renewed Threats of 'Fight to Finish' Add Tension Police Beat Off Threat ened Invasion by Strikers SEATTLE, June 15 (p)May- or Charles L. Smith declared to day If the port' of Seattle li not opened by 1 p. m. Thursday "I'm going to take derlnlte action to open the harbor." lie demanded holh ship operators and long, shore leaders to select three men each to appear at his office at 10 a. m., tomorrow to effect an Immediate strike settlement. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. IJPi Shots were fired and police used their clubs in waterfront disturbance here and at Oakland today aa renewed threat of a "fight to the flnlah" added tenseness to the Pacific eoast'e prolonged maritime strike. A group of men surrounded a taxi cab on the waterfront here and o'fito Thess, assistant traffic manager, w.a Injured when a brick was tarown through a window. His companion, Lawrence Morrln, dock superinten dent, fired two shots Into the air to frighten off the alleged assailants. At Oakland, police reserves clashed with strike sympathizers at the Ninth avenue pier In a riot which began aa the freighter West Mahwah an ohored to load cargo with the aid of non-union workers. Officers swung their clubs and frus trated a threatened invasion of the dock alongside the freighter. The at tackera hurlod atones over oMit huiu to protect the loading operations. The International tjnhnMmHi, association demanded that the Rich mond city council close the port, which would tie up extensive oil shipping operations, but the demand no retuecQ. JUBILEE FINANCE REPORT DELAYED It will be at least ten dsys before anything definite on the Diamond Jubilee finances will be available, ac cording to Pred Wahl, chstrman of the finance committee. A large num ber or bins are still out and soma ' money from exhibitions and concos slons remains to be received. Chair man Wahl sAld this morning that the bills were still coming in and that no correct statement could be issued un til alt had been received. - Edltorlnl comment of the xipsttirt press on tho Diamond Jubilee has all been favorable, with praise for tits olvio spirit of this city, in staging the event, In the race of the times snd other circumstances. All agree that much Invaluable publicity will ac crue to this city, Jackson county, and southern Oregon as a result. The Pioneer parade last Thursday. made the deepest Impression upon visitors Judging from observations to their home papers. The pageant was alAo highly lauded. The work of clearing away the con ctaMon stands was completed yester day and the flags and buntings will be removed this week. ROGER? P5Qys: HOLLYWOOD, Cul., June 11 -Well, no good news along the itccl strike front. Both unions nrc standing tight. The Araal- gnmntcd Iron, Stocl and Tin Workers' union, against the Iron and Stfd Institute, both unions organized for tho mem bers' protection against the other. It does look like there is some fair men. in this country who both sides would be willing to Icivc it to. Well, if it comes to the worst, we can do likt some old famous queen in Parit when sho said, "Let 'cm cat cuke." Wo can build it out of wood instead of steel, Dillinger did. Art 9lHI MtXiukt trtflMK. b 6